8X Blu-ray Disc™ Recordable/Rewritable Drive Satisfy your burning desires and record up to four hours of 1080 Full HD video with this internal Blu-ray Disc™ recordable/rewritable drive. Also includes Men in Black on Blu-ray Disc. Let one drive manage all of your burning needs. The BWU-300S Blu-ray Disc™ recordable/rewritable drive can record up to four [...]
Panasonic 6X Blu-rayPanasonic has developed the world’s first Write-Once Blu-ray Discs (BD-R) supporting the 6X writing speed. The new discs will be Panasonic, which introduced the world’s first dual-layer 1X BD-RE Blu-ray Disc in 2004, 2X BD-R/RE Discs in 2006, and 4X BD-R Disc in 2007, is now launching the world’s first 6X BD-R to [...]
Blu-ray 2.0 The high-definition-video war may be over now that Toshiba has conceded defeat for its ailing HD DVD format, but those interested in buying a high-def Blu-ray player still might want to wait for new features coming in the fall. Sure, existing Blu-ray machines can play the nearly 500 Blu-ray discs available. They can [...]
Amazon.com once again has a nice little deal for all of you Blu-ray adopters out there. Currently, you can buy 2 Blu-ray titles and get 1 free. The “free” title will be applied at checkout to the title of lesser cost. A fair selection of titles is available (be sure you check the different genre [...]
After the past week, it seems more and more likely that Blu-ray will be the movie disc format of the future. But with the exception of the Playstation 3, current Blu-ray disc players were built without future-compatibility capabilities, so come this October owners won’t be able to take advantage of features like Internet connectivity or [...]
Toshiba HD DVDThe rumors were true. Japanese news source NHK (english translation and Reuters validation) is reporting that Toshiba is planning to drop support of HD DVD, striking a final blow to the format and conceding victory to Blu-ray. The Sony-backed high-definition disc has been gaining strides for some time, most notably after Warner Bros [...]
Toshiba is fighting losses in its HD DVD player business. For the week that ended Jan. 12, Blu-ray hardware captured 90 percent of the market, according to data collected by the NPD Group, a market analysis firm.Toshiba slashed prices on its players by 40 to 50 percent after Warner studio announced this month that it [...]
